diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-kata-coco-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-kata-coco-tests.yaml
index 4fdf1cd909..3d730520b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-kata-coco-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-kata-coco-tests.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - runner: tdx
             vmm: qemu-tdx
+          - runner: tdx
+            vmm: qemu-tdx-runtime-rs
           - runner: sev-snp
             vmm: qemu-snp
           - runner: sev-snp
@@ -81,58 +83,71 @@ jobs:
       AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_PASSWORD }}
       AUTO_GENERATE_POLICY: "yes"
     steps:
+      - name: Skip non-nightly TDX runtime-rs
+        if: ${{ matrix.vmm == 'qemu-tdx-runtime-rs' && inputs.pr-number != 'nightly' }}
+        run: echo "SKIP_JOB=true" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP_JOB != 'true' }}
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP_JOB != 'true' }}
         run: |
           ./tests/git-helper.sh "rebase-atop-of-the-latest-target-branch"
         env:
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
       - name: get-kata-tools-tarball
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP_JOB != 'true' }}
         uses: actions/download-artifact@37930b1c2abaa49bbe596cd826c3c89aef350131 # v7.0.0
         with:
           name: kata-tools-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
           path: kata-tools-artifacts
 
       - name: Install kata-tools
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP_JOB != 'true' }}
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-tools-artifacts
 
       - name: Deploy Kata
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP_JOB != 'true' }}
         timeout-minutes: 20
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata
 
       - name: Uninstall previous `kbs-client`
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP_JOB != 'true' }}
         timeout-minutes: 10
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh uninstall-kbs-client
 
       - name: Deploy CoCo KBS
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP_JOB != 'true' }}
         timeout-minutes: 10
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-coco-kbs
 
       - name: Install `kbs-client`
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP_JOB != 'true' }}
         timeout-minutes: 10
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kbs-client
 
       - name: Run tests
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP_JOB != 'true' }}
         timeout-minutes: 100
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh run-tests
 
       - name: Report tests
-        if: always()
+        if: ${{ always() && env.SKIP_JOB != 'true' }}
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh report-tests
 
       - name: Delete kata-deploy
-        if: always()
+        if: ${{ always() && env.SKIP_JOB != 'true' }}
         timeout-minutes: 15
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh cleanup
 
       - name: Delete CoCo KBS
-        if: always()
+        if: ${{ always() && env.SKIP_JOB != 'true' }}
         timeout-minutes: 10
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh delete-coco-kbs